A spark from a welder’s torch accidentally set off a blaze that then burned more than 150 acres just outside of Rockdale between County Roads 334 and 326 on Thursday afternoon, according to Rockdale VFD Chief Ward Roddam.
Students, some holding BLM signs, stood on the front steps of Rockdale High School, Friday morning in a misty rain to protest an incident at the school that ignited Facebook and Snapchat on Thursday night and into the next morning.
Schools in the Rockdale, Milano, Thorndale and Gause ISDs will end classes for the holidays Friday, according to the districts’ calendars.
The Milam County Commissioners voted to set a burn ban throughout the county at a meeting Dec. 14 in the Milam County Courthouse.
The Rockdale City Council voted to purchase an asphalt zipper for the city at Monday night’s meeting in City Hall.
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